“The Great Shanghai Cigarette Crisis – We reported on this last week, and as of today, there is no respite. Zhongnanhai and other Beijing Cigarette Company brands remain unavailable in Shanghai. The best theory so far is that there is an element of prot

“Think of it as a roll-your-own Anonymouse, without all the recent advertisements of naked German women.”

“I don’t blame ICBC. Its deposits are mostly in (appreciating) RMB. Its loans are mostly in (appreciating) RMB. Why should its capital be in (depreciating) dollars? It isn’t ICBC’s job to help out the PBoC …”

“I like to take pictures of toilet in China. I should say, I like to “compare” the toilets in different countries. Also, I like to wirte about the “developement” of toilet. ha ha.”

“Among the Chinese vocabulary taught in the book are: machine gun, heavy machine gun, handgun, rifle, semi-automatic rifle, uzi, revolver, hand grenade, flame thrower, rocket launcher, smoke grenades, tank, aircraft carrier, bomber plane, fighter jet, gui